Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-06-09

Ill the close of the conference. which
seemed to be approaching q conelu.
sion. so be glided back into the kitch.
en-, aud announced the fact that Rosey
was the elected one. aye that have
tears, prepare to shed them now.
Girls, the rest of yen don't stand a
ghoet of a chance. He is going to en-
dow Rosey with all his wives old
clothes Oh, how You will rave,
when you see her walking up to the
front pew. carrying such style r
what, that green tabinet, and that
sDdff.coIOred pongeesasa those sbon-
nets ! exclaimed Laura. "Come,
Rosy, you might be generous. and di.
vide around"
"lf you find any pretty old china,
in those closets. save it for me, won't
you p said Della. 81 should think.
among so many, there might have
been some family relics. Some of
them must have had folks Imean
to rummage around when you get up
there, Rosy"
Not very much, said Hsl. Hes
down on visiting. Costs too much,
and hinders So. But Rosy needn't
ever be lonesome. Her old man is al
ways about he says. She can blow
the dinner-horn, and call him when
she wants him"
Rosey was used to her cousin jok.
ing, and took 1t all with good.humor-
ed indifference, hardly supposing it
had any foundation beyond Halbert's
invention.
She was somewhat surprised, there
fore, when her aunt broached the SUBJ
Ject, in a serious way.
why aunt" she cried, Indignantly,
Il wouldn't have the man, if he was
made Of gold"
But look at the land, Rosy; and
the stock; and the good, comfortable
home, and then the man is getting on
in years. and can't last always"
Would you recommend arsenic, or
strychnine, to help matters forward"
asked the exasperating girl.
Rosy, stop your nonsense" said
- -~"r, suatPiy. ~. e~~-
| have in view, and l don't mean you
shall let this chance slip, if / can
bring the matter about"
Since it is so desirable a match,
will resign in Lauras, or Della's ia
vor. 1t will not make the slightest
difference with Stephen Hackett.'
He is good, reliable man, pur.
sued aunt Laura, and a rich man
one of the pillars of our church.
Rather, one Of the soundest sleepers
of it.
'You ought to be ashamed to talk
so. For goodness sake don't trifie
away such good settlement for life,
as this would be-
Isn't there a law about perjury,
aunt Lura?'
Who's going to perjure themselves?'
she asked, sharply.
Wouldn't it be perjury, to promise
to love and honor one, for whom you
had no mole love, or respect, than for
an old mullen stalk ? asked Rosy, in
hot scorn.
Some of your novel-reading non
sense. remarked aunt Lura, deeply
vexed with the incorrigible girl; and
SO the talk ended for the time.
! Rosy stood the running fire Of her
cousins very well. The event was
nuts to them Laura went about
humming the old ballad:
What can young lassie, what shall a
young lassie,
What can a young lassie do wi an
Bad luck to the penny, that tempted my
To sell her poor Jenny for silver an
Lam"
Give her the concluding verse,
said reckless Hal. May be, she L
think we'll of the advice As Laurs
had forgotten it, he took up the tune
himself:
MY old auntie Katy, upon me talks pity
I'll do my endeavor 10 follow her plan
I'll cross him, and wrack him, until
heart-break him,
And then his old brass il will buy new
pan"
Rosy bore this raillery very well
When alone she hummed over, how
ever, softly. the little song of 'Willi'
on the dark blue sea-
Surely, vanity, thy name is man.
Stephen could hardly have been NOR
surprised at his refusal, if it had beel
his first experience of the kind. Fl
plead his cause, with ell the eloquenc
, he could summon; but the maiden
heart was steel as they say in tn
= novels. am afraid at last the goo
. man was l:tt:e angry. He expresse'
7 himself in words more striking tina
.i~..s, V.lnal L. La a sak of az